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Time delay study for semi-active control of coupled adjacent structures using MR damper

  • Katebi, Javad;Zadeh, Samira Mohammady
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.58 no.6
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    • pp.1127-1143
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    • 2016
  • The pounding phenomenon in adjacent structures happens in severing earthquakes that can cause great damages. Connecting neighboring structures with active and semi-active control devices is an effective method to avoid mutual colliding between neighboring buildings. One of the most important issues in control systems is applying online control force. There will be a time delay if the prose of producing control force does not perform on time. This paper proposed a time-delay compensation method in coupled structures control, with semi-active Magnetorheological (MR) damper. This method based on Newmark's integration is adopted to mitigate the time-delay effect. In this study, Lyapunov's direct approach is employed to compute demanded voltage for MR dampers. Using Lyapunov's direct algorithm guarantees the system stability to design a controller based on feedback. Because of the strong nonlinearity of MR dampers, the equation of motion of coupled structures becomes an involved equation, and it is impossible to solve it with the common time step methods. In present paper modified Newmark-Beta integration based on the instantaneous optimal control algorithm, used to solve the involved equation. In this method, the response of a coupled system estimated base on optimal control force. Two MDOF structures with different degrees of freedom are finally considered as a numeric example. The numerical results show, the Newmark compensation is an efficient method to decrease the negative effect of time delay in coupled systems; furthermore, instantaneous optimal control algorithm can estimate the response of structures suitable.

Design of a Microwave Active Resonator Using Defected Ground Structure with Islands (DGSI) (격리패턴을 지닌 결함접지구조를 이용한 초고주파용 능동공진기)

  • Hwang, Mun-Su;Oh, Seong-Min;Ahn, Dal;Lim, Jong-Sik
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.56 no.10
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    • pp.1814-1819
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    • 2007
  • A new active resonator using defected ground structure with islands (DGSI) is proposed. The proposed resonator is composed of the conventional microstrip line with DGSI and negative resistance of active devices. The negative resistance part is realized by field effect transistor (FET) series feedback circuits. The characteristic of the proposed resonator with DGSI is improved by combining the negative resistance part with the parallel microstrip line structure with islands, where the electric field is formed the most strongly. The measured improvement of the proposed active resonator with DGSI are 4.55dB and 0.32dB in S21 and S22, respectively, at the resonant frequency whorl it is compared to the existing passive resonator having DGSI only.

The Design of Neuro Controlled Active Suspension (신경회로망을 이용한 능동형 현가장치 제어기 설계)

  • 오정철;김영배
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 1994.10a
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    • pp.414-419
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    • 1994
  • In recent years, there has been an increasing intest in control of active automotive suspension systems with a goal of improving the ride comfort and safety. Many approaches for these purposes have used linearized models of the suspension's dynamics, allowing the use of linear control theory. However, the linearized model does not well descriibe the actual system behavior which is inherently nonlinear. The object of this study is to develop a neuro controlled active suspension for the ride quality improvement. After obtaining active control law using optimal control theory, we use the artificial neural network to train the neuro controller to learn the relation of road input and control force. Form the numerical results, we found that back propagation learning does show good pattern matching and vertical acceleration of the driver's seat and sprung mass.

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Ride Performance Evaluation of a Heavy Truck Semi-active Cabin Air Suspension System (대형 트럭 반능동형 캐빈 공기 현가시스템의 승차감 성능 평가 연구)

  • Lee, Ji-Sun;Choi, Gyoo-Jae;Lee, Kwang-Heon
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.77-83
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    • 2008
  • Semi-active cabin air suspension system improves driver's comfort by controlling the damping characteristics in accordance with driving situation. For the driver's comfort evaluation, test procedure has the two methodologies which are filed test and lab test. A field test method has a drawback. It requires a lot of time and money on repetitive test, due to the sensitivity of field test. On the other hand, the test with six axes simulation table at laboratory can obtain the repeatability of test, better than the field test method. In this paper, the procedures of ride performance test and control logic tuning with the table are presented. Drive files of the table can be represented with the almost same input condition as field test data. According to the result from the comparative test using six axes simulation table between passive and semi-active system by making ECU logic tuning, the RMS acceleration of semi-active cabin air suspension system was reduced by 29.6% compared with passive system.

Improved Sensor MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Network (무선 센서 네트워크를 위한 향상된 센서 MAC 프로토콜)

  • Lee, Ju-a;Kim, Jae-Hyun;Min, Seung-Wook
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.31 no.11A
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    • pp.1138-1146
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    • 2006
  • It is very important for the sensor network to save battery capacity. Switching active mode to sleep mode is used for S-MAC protocol and expiring timer before end of the active part is used for T-MAC in order to extend battery life span. We proposed IS-MAC (Improved Sensor MAC) which gives more energy efficiency than S-MAC and T-MAC To improve energy efficiency in sensor network, we used the threshold value in buffer to transmit data packet and proposed the method to reduce the number of control packets which cause extra battery consumption. Based on the analytical results, we found that the proposed IS-MAC protocol shows better performance than conventional MAC protocols.

Implementation of FlexRay Network using Active Star (Active Star를 이용한 FlexRay 네트워크 구현)

  • Jang, In-Gul;Jeon, Chang-Ha;Lee, Jae-Kyung;Chung, Jin-Gyun
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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    • v.46 no.4
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    • pp.17-22
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    • 2009
  • FlexRay is a new standard of network communication system which provides solutions to the degradation problems generated by many ECU (Electronic Control Unit) connections in automobiles and automation systems. The upper bound of the data rate is 10Mbps and it provides two channels for redundancy In this paper, FlexRay system is first designed using SDL. For hardware implementation, FlexRay system is designed using Verilog HDL based on the SDL design result. The designed system is synthesized using Synopsys Design Compiler with the Magna/Hynix 0.18 um cell library. In this paper, to construct a FlexRay network, active star is used since active star systems can provide high speed data transmission up to 10Mbps. The performance of the star network is tested using one transmitter node and two receiver nodes.

Development of Web Contents for Statistical Analysis Using Statistical Package and Active Server Page (통계패키지와 Active Server Page를 이용한 통계 분석 웹 컨텐츠 개발)

  • Kang, Tae-Gu;Lee, Jae-Kwan;Kim, Mi-Ah;Park, Chan-Keun;Heo, Tae-Young
    • Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.109-114
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, we developed the web content of statistical analysis using statistical package and Active Server Page (ASP). A statistical package is very difficult to learn and use for non-statisticians, however, non-statisticians want to do analyze the data without learning statistical packages such as SAS, S-plus, and R. Therefore, we developed the web based statistical analysis contents using S-plus which is the popular statistical package and ASP. In real application, we developed the web content for various statistical analyses such as exploratory data analysis, analysis of variance, and time series on the web using water quality data. The developed statistical analysis web content is very useful for non-statisticians such as public service person and researcher. Consequently, combining a web based contents with a statistical package, the users can access the site quickly and analyze data easily.

Implementation of High Speed Router's Redundancy Architecture (고속 네트워크 시스템의 이중화 회로 구현)

  • 강덕기;이상우;이준철;이형섭;이영천
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.267-270
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    • 2000
  • In this paper, we consider the simple redundant structures with the function of hardware based active/standby control. The system includes two switch modules. The switch module is connected to a data bus, but only the active switch module has control of the data bus. The standby unit takes over the function of the active unit when the active unit failure or mode command are asserted. And this paper illustrate the high-speed router system and the overall redundant system architecture. The proposed redundant architecture for 80G Router system is verified and implemented with experiment.

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Introduction to a Health-related Physical Education Curriculum Model in the United States : Sports, Play, and Active Recreation for Kids (SPARK) (미국의 최신 건강중심 체육교육수업의 소개 - Sports, Play, Active Recreation for Kids(SPARK) 체육프로그램 개발배경 및 사례보고 -)

  • Yoo, Soo-Jin
    • The Journal of Korean Society for School & Community Health Education
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.101-109
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this article is to introduce the Sports, Play, and Active Recreation for Kids (SPARK) physical education curriculum. SPARK is a model for health-related, research-based and evidence-based physical education programs in the United States. The outcome of school physical education can relate to public health, but there exists few evidence-based physical education programs reporting health-related variables. School physical education can provide more opportunities for children and adolescents to be physically active and to learn more about healthy lifestyles. However, physical education programs have been cut and eliminated due to lack of funding in the U.S. as in South Korea. Although facing these problems, SPARK programs have been implemented in over 50% of schools, after school programs and coordinated school health programs in the U.S. This article reviewed: (a) background information of the SPARK program, (b) examples of effective interventions, and (c) methods of dissemination to schools nationally in the U.S. The methods showed in SPARK may use as a model for researching, developing and implementing new physical education(PE) program and after school programs in Korea.

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